INTERNATIONAL LAW

From Liberation to the Shanghai Communiqu?© As the PLA armies moved south to complete the communist conquest of China in 1949, the American Embassy followed the Nationalist government headed by Chiang Kai-shek, finally moving to Taipei later that year. U.S. consular officials remained in mainland China. The new P.R.C. Government was hostile to this official […]

Legal System The government’s efforts to promote rule of law are significant and ongoing. After the Cultural Revolution, China’s leaders aimed to develop a legal system to restrain abuses of official authority and revolutionary excesses. In 1982, the National People’s Congress adopted a new state constitution that emphasized the rule of law under which even […]

Book Title: American Businesses in China: Balancing Culture and Communication by Nancy Lynch Street, Marilyn J. Matelski Editorial Reviews: Book Description As more and more American businesses have set up operations in China, American business owners have had to concern themselves with respecting how Chinese values and beliefs and how China’s changing economic and political […]

Swiss banking giant UBS has agreed to pay $100 million, one of the largest fines ever against a securities firm, after admitting that some former employees had violated Federal Reserve Board rules by transferring U.S. currency to Cuba, Libya, and Iran. According to the three-page order, UBS made the illegal transactions through its offices in […]

Book Title: The Chinese Tao of Business: The Logic of Successful Business Strategy (Paperback) by George T. Haley (Author), Usha C.V. Haley (Author), Chin Tiong Tan (Author) Editorial Reviews: Wall Street Journal, November 26, 2004 Intriguing…exhaustive [guide] to the minefield of making money in China…numerous helpful examples profiling foreign companies that have survived. Book Description […]

You’ve probably drawn up a will in your country of residence, but if you have assets anywhere else in the world-especially real estate-you may need more than one will. The reason is simple. Whenever any form of real estate is involved, the laws where the property is located generally take precedence. This legislation may be […]